Glossary search results: 7FacultyThe
UW-Madison faculty consists of all persons with instructional, research
and service responsibilities who hold the rank of professor, associate
professor, assistant professor, or instructor with at least a one-half
time appointment with UW-Madison, or a full-time appointment held
jointly between UW-Madison and UW-Extension.SOURCE: Faculty Policy and Procedures 1.02.AFCOI (Financial Conflict of Interest)A Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) is a significant financial interest in an entity that could directly and significantly affect the design, conduct, or reporting of federally-funded or human subjects research.FERPAFERPA – the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended – is a federal law that governs the privacy of student educational records, access to those records, and disclosure of information from them. More information about FERPA can be found on the Office of the Registrar website. (FERPA is also commonly referred to as "the Buckley Amendment".)FPPFaculty Policy and Procedures. Primary faculty governance policy document. https://secfac.wisc.edu/governance/faculty-legislation/FTEFull-time equivalent. A way of counting the number of staff or positions. FTE (Full Time Equivalent) and HeadcountThere are two basic ways that we count the number of employees. When we use headcount, each individual person counts as one employee whether their appointment is full time or part time. When we use "FTE," we are using the "Full Time Equivalent."

The Full Time Equivalent is the total of all positions using the percentage of the appointment rather than the number of individual employees. This is what the headcount looks like for the same employees using each measure: